To conclude Hispanic Heritage Month on a literal high note, PBS aired the first two hours of its engrossing and fact-packed four-hour series Latin Music USA last week, and the second half will air this evening, October 19th. The first two episodes are up in both Spanish and English on PBS's website.The site also features a slew of ways to learn even more about the genres and songs--bachata, bolera, ranchera, salsa, cumbia, boogaloo, mambo, Latin jazz, plena--explored in sound, image, and through first-person interviews on the show. You can dissect the genres, their multifaceted origins and histories by genealogy, by instrument, by rhythm, and, important for us at Traveler, by place.
New York City shines the brightest in the creation of this music of the Americas; melting pot, salad bowl or whichever imperfect metaphor it may be. The story of salsa blew my mind. I had no idea how young the genre is. Influenced by boogaloo, Latin Jazz, and mambo, voiced by Puerto Rican (Hector Lavoe), Cuban (Celia Cruz), Panamanian (Ruben Blades) immigrants, accompanied by first-generation, South Bronx-born trombonists (Willie Colón) and many others, it's a complex genre like no other with moving, real-life lyrics and a rhythm that energizes and animates.
The Palladium Ballroom on 53rd and Broadway figured large in New York's Latin music scene from its debut in 1948 until its closing in 1966. People of all ages and ethnicities flocked to the second-floor dance floor to listen to the nonstop music and groove to new, syncretic sounds. Of course now, it's an NYU dorm.
Does the music of a place influence your decision to travel there?
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OMG the salsa scene in any major city is HUGE! Yes you have learners, beginners and those that just dance for fun, however, there is a whole following of salsero(a)s in NYC and in Philadelphia. It's so big that if you don't know how to "lead" you are just frowned upon.
Boy did that take me back.... the Palladium! I'm from NYC so the influence of so many types of music is just a part of the culture. I think if your interest is music then, absolutely, it influences where you travel. That goes for any special love or interest a person may have.
I just finished taking group ballroom classes which included the Latin dances and some European and American dances as well. Everyone's question was, where can we go to be able to show off what we've learned? So, I'm putting together a few trips that will allow them to travel to fantastic places kicking up a storm!
People that travel because of their love for music have such an excitement about them that I have seen grown adults jump up and down when they find out they can go!
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Unforgiveable that Eddie Palmieri was not mentioned. I think the people that made this documentary had some issues with him.
He was the first Latin ever to win a grammy...best latin music recording. In fact he got on NY board of National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences and helped star the latin jazz grammy category. He made trombones and flutes popular in latin jazz and salsa, as well as innovating many other styles. he was there from the beginning born in 1936 and auditioning at carnegie hall when he was 11 years old.
He was the "your artists favorite artist" and on top of that one of the most commercially successful. He has 9 grammya awards from 1975-2007. The smithsonian institute recorded 2 of his performances for the national museum of american history.
This documentary is called Latin Music USA.... but u didn't even mention one of the greatest AMERICAN BORN true blooded latino american artists in the history of this country.
SHAME ON YOU!
nforgiveable that Eddie Palmieri was not mentioned. I think the people that made this documentary had some issues with him.
He was the first Latin ever to win a grammy...best latin music recording. In fact he got on NY board of National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences and helped star the latin jazz grammy category. He made trombones and flutes popular in latin jazz and salsa, as well as innovating many other styles. he was there from the beginning born in 1936 and auditioning at carnegie hall when he was 11 years old.
He was the "your artists favorite artist" and on top of that one of the most commercially successful. He has 9 grammya awards from 1975-2007. The smithsonian institute recorded 2 of his performances for the national museum of american history.
This documentary is called Latin Music USA.... but u didn't even mention one of the greatest AMERICAN BORN true blooded latino american artists in the history of this country.
SHAME ON YOU!
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Does the music of a place influence your decision to travel there? maybe.. but that's not the major factor for me
On the Latin Music USA Website you can find Eddie Palmieri and his contribution featured at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/latinmusicusa/#/en/exp/trombone/watch